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Explore key resources—from systematic reviews to policy briefs to training manuals—developed by MHIN or contributed by MHIN members working on real-world projects.

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MHIN Research Summary ‘Global mental health’: the term and its implicit priorities

This is a MHIN summary for a Systematic Review entitled 'Global mental health’: systematic review of the term and its implicit priorities' (Misra et al., 2019).
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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‘Global mental health’: systematic review of the term and its implicit priorities

What do we really mean when we say "global mental health"? What are the implicit assumptions in what geographic regions and mental health conditions get included and which do not? This systematic review of global mental health and its implicit priorities discusses these findings.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Advocacy
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Mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa

This systematic review details mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa and human rights abuses within these facilities.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
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BMJ article: Including mental health among the new sustainable development goals The case is compelling

An Editorial from the BMJ written by Graham Thornicroft and Vikram Patel advocating for the inclusion of the inclusion of mental health on the post 2015 agenda.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
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WHO MiNDbank: Systematic evaluation of policy, law, strategies, plans and services

This section contains evaluations of policy, law, strategic plans, and services from different countries
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Guinea-Conakry

Literature review on how to devise culturally-appropriate MHPSS interventions in Ebola-affected areas.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings

This systematic review is the first study that systematically assessed randomised controlled trials on focused psychosocial support interventions for children exposed to traumatic events in humanitarian settings in low-income countries.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Human rights
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Report: A safe place to shine

This report details how to create opportunities and raise voices of adolescent girls in humanitarian settings.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Technology
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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MHIN Research Summary: Psychological Treatments for the World

A MHIN summary for the systematic review entitled 'Psychological Treatments for the World: Lessons from Low- and Middle-Income Countries' (Singla et al., 2017).
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Inclusion of people with psychosocial disability in low and middle income contexts: a practice review

A review to explore the literature and the experiences of three organisations that are working with people with psychosocial disability living in low- and middle-income countries – Afghanistan, India and Nepal.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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The Impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions on People Affected by Humanitarian Emergencies in LMIC

Systematic review drawing together primary research on the process of implementing MHPSS programmes, their receipt by affected populations, and their intended and unintended effects.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Community-based psychosocial interventions for people with schizophrenia in LMIC: systematic review and meta-analysis

A study evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of community-based psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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mhGAP Intervention Guide: A systematic review of evidence from LMICs

A review to identify evidence to date for mhGAP-IG implementation in low- and middle-income countries.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Task sharing
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Cochrane Global Mental Health

Cochrane Global Mental Health provides input and training on evidence synthesis and implementation activities relevant to mental health in LMICs.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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WFMH Report: Mental Health in the Workplace

"Mental Health in the Workplace” is the theme of World Mental Health Day 2017 and the World Federation for Mental Health has released a report to start the discussion on how we can define best practice in promoting mental health in the workplace.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Detection and diagnosis
Training, education and capacity building
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Alcohol and substance use in humanitarian and post-conflict situations

This article presents an overview of the problem and existing assessment and intervention tools to address substance use in conflict and post-conflict situations and provides a set of recommendations to address this important public health matter.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Human rights
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Lancet Health in Humanitarian Crises series

The Lancet’s Health in Humanitarian Crises series focuses on how to improve the effectiveness of health responses in humanitarian crises.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Depression around the World

A collection of stories from 35 countries providing a range of views on depression in honour of World Health Day 2017.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO Report: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders

This booklet provides latest available estimates of the prevalence of depression and other common mental disorders at the global and regional level.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Maternal depression and mental health in early childhood: an examination of underlying mechanisms in low-income and middle-income countries

Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of behavioural and emotional problems in children, says a new review published in The Lancet Psychiatry.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Psychological interventions for PTSD in people living with HIV in resource poor settings

A systematic review on interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder in people living with HIV from resource-poor settings.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
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Building the capacity of policy-makers and planners to strengthen mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

A review of the literature to identify and synthesize the evidence base for building the capacity of policy-makers and planners to strengthen mental health systems in LMICs.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
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World Alzheimer Report 2016

The report argues that current dementia healthcare services are over-specialised, and that a rebalancing is required with a more prominent role for primary and community care.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Mental health training for health workers in Africa: a systematic review

Systematic review on published literature on interventions to train health-care workers in Africa on mental health
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Task sharing
Training, education and capacity building
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Reliability and Validity of Instruments for Assessing Perinatal Depression in African Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systematic review of the evidence on the reliability and validity of instruments to assess perinatal depression in African settings.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
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Community-based Rehabilitation for People With Disabilities in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review

A systematic review on the evidence about the impact of community-based rehabilitation on the lives of people with disabilities and their carers in LAMIC.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Domestic Violence and Perinatal Mental Disorders

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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
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Maternal Depression and Early Childhood Growth in Developing Countries

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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
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Postnatal Depression and its Effects on Child Development: A Review of Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
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What is the Relevance of Mental Health to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Programs in Developing Countries?

Systematic review of the literature on the relationship between HIV and mental illness in LAMIC, and the relevance for HIV care and treatment programs.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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